News
Primo Valentino - Flat 18 July 2009
Only a Splash got over to the far rail from his high draw and made every yard of the running.
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - Flat 17 July 2009
Winner no 5 for Cobo Bay. "He soon was at the head of affairs setting a decent enough pace in the conditions and although got headed a couple of times his rider never seemed to get flustered and basically outstayed his rivals in the field under a very competent ride." (Racing Post)
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - Flat 3 July 2009
Jeronimo Jo's rider asked him to progress rounding the home turn and he picked up well to sweep to the lead over a furlong out.
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - Flat 27 June 2009
Fly Valentino wins her 4th race in good style by 23/4 lengths. "She hit the front over a furlong out and was always going to hold off the favourite from that point." (Racing Post)
Added: 30th July 2009
Revoque 28 May 2009
Baile Vi Cholmain wins first time our putting up a professional performance to win this and it would be a surprise if he didn't go onto better things. He looks a good staying type, improving from mid-division to take up the slack inside the final half mile and from that point he really galloped on strongly to score well. (Racing Post)
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - Flat 27 May 2009
Primo Dilettante wind by 2 lenghts. "Primo Dillettante who got no luck in running on the all weather at Lingfield last time. However he reversed things here on these more testing conditions."
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - NH 23 May 2009
Oceana Gold wins again! "A valuable and competitive hadicap hurdle, run at a sound pace, the form should work out." ocaena Gold was never far from the pace, travelling strongly as usual and he finished well on the short run-in to collar the mare" (Racing Post)
Added: 30th July 2009
Revoque - April 2009
Revoque gets off to a good start with his first NH crop of 4y/os. He had 5 4y/os running in Irish Point to Points with 3 of tehm winning
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - Flat 17 April 2009
Jordaura "making his handicap debut after three promising efforts in maidens as a juvenille. he found plenty for pressure in the closing stages to repel the challengers. he looks a colt worth following" (Racing Post)
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - NH 26 February 2009
Leebotswood Novices Hurdle. Samsons Son beats hot pot favourite Eradicatie who was turned over at odds of 1/3 by Samsons Son who found extra after the last. The 5yo looks to have a bright future and connections will now look to Aintree and any festivals with him.
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino - NH 5 October 2008
Oceana Gold takes to hurdling like a duck to water!
"An unremarkable race of the type on th ewhole, but they went a good gallop and the winner was in a different league from his opponents. Oceana Gold currently listed 88 and very effective around 1m on the flat looks a useful recruit to hurdling. Always going well, he bolted clear when sent to the front and should make his mark in more competitive races this winter" (Racing Post)
Added: 30th July 2009
Primo Valentino Having A Great 2008!
Yet again Primo Valentino is having a great season. So far this year he has had 38 runners and out of these runners he has had 14 individual winners of 20 races. Not only does he get sharp early 2 year olds types, they train on as well - Safari Mischief now a winner of 6 races at the age of five.
This year at stud, Primo Valentino has been well supported covering over 40 mares which included some very well related mares.
In 2008 one in three of Primo Valentino's stock have won.
Added: 06th November 2008
Glorious Goodwood Winner For Primo Valentino
"Gower Valentine virtually had the race won after a furlong as she bowled along straight and true in an easy lead as most of the others took time to sort themselves out. She impressed over this extra furlong, keeping on well to open up more opportunities, but she is clearly at home on quick ground" Racing Post 31 August 2008
Added: 06th November 2008
Revoque Has Listed Hurdle Winner
Voyourovitch wins the Prix Dominique Sartini (Hurdle) (L.R) over 2 miles winning E40,800. He also won the Prix Voraville (Hurdle) 2m2f and £20,000 in winnings
Added: 06th November 2008
Win Number 5 for Safari Mischief
The Primo Valentino sired Safari Mischief has started the season off well with a win at Goodwood over 5f. "Luke Morris waited before unleashing his mount to score a shade comfortably" Racing Post 4 May 2008.
Added: 06th November 2008
Revoque's 3 Year Olds Sell To Top Trainers
Carl Llewellyn pays £28,210 for a half-brother to Bradley Boy, who from seven starts has won 2, second 3 times and third twice.
Niki Henderson and Highflyer went to £21,709 for a half-brother to 2 winners including Haiti Boy.
Revoque's National Hunt stock are still only 3 year olds but we should start to see some of his first crop of 180 mares come out in the next season.
Added: 06th November 2008
Cobo Bay Off To A Flyer!
Cobo Bay started the season as he finished 2007 with a nice win at Ripon over 1 mile carrying top weight. Cobo Bay "pulled out plenty when pressure was applied and drew away inside the last furling. He has clearly started the season in good nick" Racing Post 18 April 2008
Added: 06th November 2008
Primo Valentino Sires The Brocklesby Winner
Sally's Dilema wins the first big two year old race of the flat season. The Bill Turner trained juvenile was fit and ready for her job. "Having taken her field to beyond halfway she was then headed by the runner up, but she fought back well and appeared to win with a little in hand" Racing Post 23 March 2008
Added: 06th November 2008
Mind Games
Hits a very high average at the yearling sales 2007. 10 yearlings selling for an average of £31,120 over 20 times his stud fee.
Added: 02nd January 2008
Primo Valentino has had a fantastic seson so far this year.
Primo valentino has had 11 individual winners of 17 races and 32 placings all from just 40 runners.Thats 36% winners to runners to runners strike rate
Primo Heights a winner & 2nd in a listed race
know no fear 5 runs 1 win in a £16,ooo nursery, 3 2nds
Genethni 2 runs 2 wins
Cobo Bay 3 wins in 3 nursery his latest win in a £20,000 1 ml nursery carrying top weight leading from start to finish and winning by an impressive 2 lengths.
Rievalux Valentino 1win 3 places
Samsons son 3yr old won over 1ml 4f
Yorton Farm are pleased to announce the purchase of Primo Valentino who will be standing alongside Revoque and a new stallion for 2008 Mind Games who is a prolific sire of sprinters.
Added: 26th September 2007
JUNIPER GIRL- great win for Revoque
Juniper girl 4f won the John Smith's Northumberland Plate Heritage Handicap £123,320 30.6.07
Added: 26th September 2007
Pay Attention wins again
Pay attention wins a pricewaterhouseCoopers Intermediate Hcp Chase, Perth 2m,17/5,£5205
Super Revo,6g,Kingdom Princess GB won Nova International Hcp Chase Hexham, 3m1f, 2/6,£3083
Added: 06th June 2007
7 winners in April /May 15th for Revoque
In Love We Trust 3f FR won Prix Geographie (hurdle) ,Auteuil 1m 7f,22/4 £16,216.
Double Paddy, 4g Miss Brief IRL won sporting press Mdn Hurdle, Clonmel, 2m, 10/5, 6219 euro
Added: 15th May 2007
PRIMO VALENTINO
Primo Heights won the Musselburgh maiden stakes having been drawn no. 10 won very impressively.
Added: 11th April 2007
Revoque,s winners and stake places, 2007
Escayola 7g first fling won totesport Novices Hurdle Sedgefield 2m 4 f,9/4,£2277
king Revo ,7g,Tycoon Aly won New Northumbria suite beginners chase Hexham 2m1/2f £4666
Mago Santhai 5m Caurselle won the crown at Whitbrook Mares novice hurdle Chepstow 2m 1/2f
Pacolet 8g Elupa won Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase Cork 2m 4f 13,129 euros
Pay Attention 6m Catch me won Betfair novices chase at Market Rasen 2 m 4f £5999 15/4/07
Added: 11th April 2007
Revoque,s latest winners
As well as Copper bay and Pay attention Revoque has had another winner over fenses in 2007. King Revo who won a begineers chase at Hexham on 5th Feb he won easily without having to be given a hard race. He is now quallified with a good handicap mark for the Chetlenum festival.
Added: 10th February 2007
Dual -purpose sire Revoque in switch
Revoque will stand at Yorton Farm for 2007 season as a dual purpose stallion The 12 year old son of Fairy king, who has stood the past 3 seasons at Rathbarry stud in Ireland
Unbeaten as a 2 year old Rovoque was second to Entrepreneur in the 2000 guineas of 1997. He retired to stud the following year and has since become a consistent sire under both codes.
His runners include last years 2000 guinnes second Rebel Rebel, as well as top class hudler Queen Astrid, who tied the sale record for a brood mare when realising 230,000 euro at the recent Tattersalls Ireland national hunt sale.
Revoque offers a great oppurnity for British Breeders to use a commerical stallion of his calibre.
Added: 04th December 2006
PRIMO VALENTINO
PRIMO VALENTINO Is rated 6th in the leading British 2-y-o sires in 2006(% winners to runners GB/IRE) on 33%
Yearling selling at the 2006 sales making up to 22,000gns OVER 15 TIMES HIS FEE CONSIDER THE VALUE
PRIMO VALENTNO has sired 10 WINNERS from 12 races
His first 2yo winner this year BAYTOWN PAIKEA won by 1/2 length over 5f at Yarmouth.Shes the third foal from MYSTICAL SONG and 1/2 sister to PARDON MOI dual winner at 2-3 y over 6f MYSTICAL SONG Is a 1/2 sister to high class sprinter/sire PRINCE SABO and to dam of Grimcrack winner ABOU ZOUR
PRIMO VALENTINOS pedigree recieves some black type with ARBELLA following up her group 3 third placed in the Ormonde stakes with victory in the LISTED PINNACLA STAKES. She is the granddaughter to CONNAUGHT BRIDE joint top rated 3yo filly in England in 1979. She won 5 races at 2 & 3yo including Yorkshire Oaks GR.1 and NASSAU STAKES GR.2
FLYING VALENTINO flew home on her second outing to win by a neck to her 12 rivals. Shes the first foal for her 7 times winning dam FLYING ROMANCE & a 1/2 sister to several winners.
CHALENTINA 3 YO winner won her maiden race at Yarmouth over 7f.Shes the first foal of her dam CHANTILLY MYTH and her brother is a yearling this year
Another 3yo DEHRADOUR won at Saint Cloud in France.His a 1/2 brother to 3 winners
OCEAN GOLD - 2YO WINNER stayed on well to win over 7fby 2 lengths
BEVERLY HILL BILLY ANOTHER 2 YO winner at Warrick
followed by two winners in two days at Goodwood and Kempton for SAFARI MISCHIEF (second win this year) & PRIMO GOLD winner of the WALTER SWINBURN RACING.CO.UK HANDICAP
Christmas came early for ROODOLPH with a 2 1/2 length win at Folkstone His a 1/2 brother to the stakes placed ROODEYE and comes from the family of DEAD CERTAIN Chevely parks stakes Gr.1.winner & BANNISTER GRIMACH stakes GR.2 winner
Added: 31st October 2006